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India captures ‘spy' pigeon suspected of working for Pakistan: reports | ||
2020-05-27 | ||
[FoxNews] A pigeon suspected of being trained as a Pakistani “spy” has been detained near a disputed border in India after officials discovered a coded ring attached to its foot, according to a report. The pigeon, painted pink, was captured Sunday by villagers in Manyari, located near the international border that separates Indian and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, the Times of India reported. While it is unclear where the bird came from, it is reportedly believed the bird flew from across the border in Pakistan. “The pigeon, suspected to be trained in Pakistan for spying, has a ring with alphabets and numbers written on it,” a police source told the paper. “Though birds have no boundaries, and many fly across international borders during migration, a coded ring tagged to the captured pigeon’s body is a cause for concern as migratory birds don’t have such things.”
Indian authorities captured a bird in 2015 that was found to have a message written in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, on its wings, the Telegraph reported.
The Times of India said that pigeons and even balloons sometimes carry coded messages across the border as a type of “psychological operation.” | ||
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